AMBIENT AIR-TEMPERATURE AS A PREDICTOR OF ACTIVITY OF ADULT IXODES-SCAPULARIS (ACARI, IXODIDAE)

Authors
DUFFY DC CAMPBELL SR
Citation
Dc. Duffy et Sr. Campbell, AMBIENT AIR-TEMPERATURE AS A PREDICTOR OF ACTIVITY OF ADULT IXODES-SCAPULARIS (ACARI, IXODIDAE), Journal of medical entomology, 31(1), 1994, pp. 178-180
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of medical entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222585
Volume
31
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
178 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(1994)31:1<178:AAAAPO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Based on winter flagging experiments on Long Island, NY, adult Ixodes scapularis Say have an apparent threshold of questing activity at 4-de grees-C. This threshold should be incorporated into public education e fforts because the public may be at risk of contracting Lyme disease a ny time during the winter when temperatures exceed 40-degrees-C.